Latest Forum Posts by: Bastelfan

Nougat chocolate—mm, delicious!

Fuchsia

Gingerbread

Both, really, but in the evening I'd rather watch a movie

Coffee or cappuccino?

Nebra (Saxony-Anhalt)

I’ll gladly admit it too, Ina — that makes two of us. I simply love these neon colors, especially combined with black stripes. I also still have some of that fringe yarn in neon colors. But I use it as hair for my clown heads.
Neon colors also work really well for crocheted bags or crochet figures, like in Ina’s doll clothes.
A strong, bright splash of color like that is just wonderful. I love those rainbow colors too.

Gardemoen (airport in Norway)

Naumburg/S.

Tønsberg

is a Norwegian city; the municipality borders the Oslofjord to the east

That’s a really beautiful story, written so lovingly—even as an adult, you could easily imagine yourself in that situation, as if you were part of the story yourself. I think it’s really great.

Unfortunately, I don’t have any of my old stuffed animals from back then anymore, but the doll I got when
I was 9 still exists. She just needs a few new things.

Kongsberg (Norway)

Eidsvoll (city in Norway)

I’m currently crocheting my RvO sweater. It’s a bigger project. I really need to
work through my yarn stash.
However, crocheting the rows isn’t exactly “flying by” with over 300 stitches. The cake yarn I had in mind for it might be enough. But I realized too late that one skein is 4-ply, and the rest are 3-ply. I’ll probably have to improvise and alternate rows so the sweater
isn’t thicker at the top than at the bottom. I wanted to finish this project by May because I’d like to wear this sweater on vacation. We’ll see how that goes.
I haven’t taken a photo yet.

Gera

Sex :-)

Concert tickets

Nauen

I’d also like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, good luck and good health, and plenty of new
ideas for your crochet and knitting projects.

A “yarn diet” sounds good. So I’m back on board, and I want to test myself to see how long I can keep it up.
I did get some Christmas yarn, but starting this year, I want to slowly
work through my yarn stash (there are three personal reasons for this).

So let’s get started :-)

... and suddenly, it was dead silent.

Welcome to the club, Anja—yeah, I know what you mean.
But of course I like winter when it’s dry and cold and comes with sunshine.
I really don’t like that kind of wet, dreary weather at all.
In spring, everything starts to bloom, and when it gets warmer, you can sit outside—I love that.

Every season has its pros and cons. You just have to make the best of it.

Happy birthday and all the best, lots of luck and good health

Happy birthday, and have a wonderful day today surrounded by your family

Your Christmas trees all look so different and yet wonderful. Each in its own way, with memories from childhood.
Yes, I know that too, with those strands of tinsel in gold and silver. They were always carefully put back together for the following year; they were expensive too and not always available, I think.

At our house it changes from time to time. When we had our first Christmas here in Norway, of course we got a real Nordmann fir. Then sometimes a small regular little tree, sometimes illuminated sticks in a tall glass vase. Since our children are grown up and it's just the two of us, we decided on a small artificial tree, or little tree. Colorful lights are definitely a must, and various decorations too, including those red bead garlands.
We once bought the large Christmas baubles for the big tree, but of course they're useless for the small little tree, so I hung them at the bottom on the Christmas wreath. The little tree stands in the middle of the wreath, which makes it look a bit fuller. It's enough for us.
Here are the pictures now (photos are mine). But I use this tinsel garland, otherwise it looks so bare.

 





My husband once gave me the Santa Claus, and he is a must at Christmas; I just think he's absolutely fantastic.

There’s already such a cozy Christmas atmosphere here, so I’ve got a pretty decoration for you, too. (Photo is mine and I took it myself)

Then everyone eagerly set to work, because after all, everything has to be finished in time.

 
A Christmas moose in the neighboring town.

And just like that, both little knitters were full of enthusiasm and set to work on a long knitted cord.
It would go perfectly around the heart-shaped pillow, as a symbol of their love.

I also found a great quick recipe for honey cake (in Norwegian: Krydderkake).
It’s quick to make and tastes super delicious. I’ve already baked 2 of them.

Ingredients: for 2 small loaf pans or 1 large loaf pan
- 250 g flour
- 1/2 packet baking powder
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon   you can also give these ingredients as a gift (for a 580 ml jar)
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves   layer them one after another in the jar, do not press down
- 1/2 tsp baking cocoa
- 100 g brown sugar

You will also need:

- 100 g soft butter
- 150 g liquid honey
- 2 eggs
- 100 ml cold milk
- 200 g powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 tbsp lemon juice

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees. Grease the pan

Beat the butter, honey, and eggs until creamy, then alternately stir in the baking mix and cold milk.
Bake everything for 50 min.
Let cool, and spread with icing

good luck and enjoy

Thank you so very much, Monika. There’s always time for handicrafts, after all. The to-do list has to be
worked through *grin*

Our Julemarked (small Christmas market) has been without snow so far this year

Thank you :-)

Well, I’d interpret it the same way Inna explained it.
It’s not that hard at all.

How about some pom-poms?
That’s when everyone first noticed that a certain yarn tool was missing—namely, the pom-pom maker.
Where on earth could it be hiding?

I wish all the forum crafters a peaceful First Sunday of Advent
with a greeting of lights from Norway



Best regards, Andrea

The knitting needles weren’t paying attention for a moment, and in their panic, they dropped several stitches—oh my goodness, what now...

I’ve had a few days off. I have to work on Saturday, but I’m off on Sunday.
I’ll be working on my Tapestry crochet bag then. Other than that, I’ll just be relaxing and having a cozy
TV night on the couch.

At this late hour, I’d also like to send you my best wishes. I hope you had a wonderful day with all your guests and let yourself be thoroughly pampered.

Warm regards, Andrea

That’s so sweet of all of you—thank you for the birthday wishes.
We have a long weekend this time, and we’re really enjoying it—sleeping in. A nice breakfast
with rolls, eggs, and salmon, a cozy evening, and of course a little alcohol with
some snacks.

So thanks again to everyone here, and to CP and the forum—it’s just great being here with all of you.

Donuts

Yarn for crochet projects

Vinegar to enhance my lentil soup

Bee sting cake

desert island

Gorgeous sunshine

UFO King/Queen in August
[ ] I finished one UFO and earned the title of UFO King/Queen.
[x ] I finished several UFOs in August and truly earned the title of UFO King/Queen.

I managed to finish 2 UFOs.
(Pictures can be seen in the other thread.) I wasn’t sure if I should post pictures here.

My UFO made it just in time for the final push. Done.

long hike

Thank you, CreatOwl, from me as well. You explained it very well for us raglan beginners.
I haven’t tried it yet—I’m eager to, but I just haven’t had the time. But I’ll get around to it soon
.

Have a lovely Sunday, everyone

Glasses

Yoga mat